“Liberals should ask why their crusade for freedom and equality found itself with such a captain, and what his legacy says about their cause. Conservatives should ask how their crusade for faith and family and community ended up so Hefnerian itself — with a conservative news network that seems to hav…”— Ross Douthat, nytimes.com
“Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven’t had capitalism. A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank. It’s not…”— Ron Paul, mises.org
“It's true that private enterprise is extremely flexible, But its only good within very narrow limits. If private enterprise isn't held in an iron grip it gives birth to people who are no better than beasts, those stock-exchange people with greedy appetites beyond restraint.”— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, goodreads.com
“Untouched by the breath of God, unrestricted by human conscience, both capitalism and socialism are repulsive.”— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, en.wikiquote.org
“*parasitic capitalists jack up the prices of essentials in the aftermath of a disaster* Media: unfortunate but what are you gonna do *people steal those overpriced essentials because they cannot afford to pay the extortionate prices being asked* Media: what the fuck do these criminals think they’re…”— electoralcollege, electoralcollege.tumblr.com
“I knew that when the great guiding spirit cleaves humanity into two antagonistic halves, I will be with the people.”— Che Guevara, amazon.com
“Once we have overthrown the capitalists, crushed the resistance of these exploiters with the iron hand of the armed workers, and smashed the bureaucratic machinery of the modern state, we shall have a splendidly-equipped mechanism, freed from the ‘parasite’, a mechanism which can very well be set go…”— Vladimir Lenin, marxists.org
“What used to be called the evolution of the free market is now "millenials killing an industry" like it's our fault companies don't adapt.”— Zach Benjamin, twitter.com
“how many "millenials are killing X industry" takes do we have to see before old ppl realize we're straight up trying to kill capitalism.”— Anchorage YDSA ⚓ , twitter.com
“The point is that everything great and iconic about this country comes when seemingly disparate parts are blended in revelatory ways. That merging simply doesn’t happen in places where people are separated by race and ethnicity and class. And it’s not only what makes American culture so rich, but it…”— Bari Weiss, nytimes.com
“In other words, radical feminists did not abandon the fight against capitalism, they abandoned the men who proved, time and time again, that their interest in revolution only extended as far as their dicks.”— Meghan Murphy, feministcurrent.com
“I’m so tired of the ‘If you’re a communist why do you use a phone and the internet’ argument. Literally who the fuck thinks they’re being clever with this? If I could abstain from technology and it would ensure no one would starve or be homeless, and no harm would be done to the environment I would…”— anarchyisfunandfre, anarchyisfunandfree.tumblr.com
“American propaganda works so well that we still have people out here thinking it was totally fine and justified that the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese civilians, killing well over 100,000 innocent people. It works so well that, even though the United States is the only country t…”— kropotkhristian, kropotkhristian.tumblr.com
“If you think communism threatens your individuality, it’s because your individuality is so commodified under capitalism you literally can’t envision constructing an identity around anything but participation in capitalism (material possessions, purchases, property, etc.).”— anarchyisfunandfree, 122mg.tumblr.com
“Economists have long tried to explain to the public that capitalism produces more engagement, exhilaration, and fulfillment than any alternative has done by far. The large fortunes made along the way are a pleasant byproduct and an inducement when our energies flag. But we economists also have to sa…”— Edmund S. Phelps, firstthings.com
“Already, Trump is causing Obama to go down in popular memory as a far-left progressive and not a centrist who deported millions and killed hundreds of thousands in wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and elsewhere. Sure, Trump is worse than Obama in a lot of ways, but the whole point is that we…”— Peter Gelderloos, theanarchistlibrary.org
“The fantasy being that western consumerism, far from being intrinsically implicated in systemic global inequalities, could itself solve them. All we have to do is buy the right products.”— Mark Fisher, amazon.com
“Prostitution is only a particular expression of the universal prostitution of the worker”— Karl Marx , amazon.com